La Roche-sur-Yon
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Coordinates: 46°40′14″N 1°25′34″W / 46.6705°N 1.426°W
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| Country | France |
| Region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Arrondissement | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| Canton | La Roche-sur-Yon-Nord and La Roche-sur-Yon-Sud |
| Intercommunality | Pays yonnais |
| Mayor | Pierre Regnault (2004–2008) |
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| Elevation | 32–94 m (105–308 ft) (avg. 74 m/243 ft) |
| Land area1 | 87.52 km2 (33.79 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 54,116 (2006) |
| - Density | 618 /km2 (1,600 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 85191/ 85000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
La Roche-sur-Yon is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
It is the capital of the department. Its inhabitants are called Yonnais.
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[edit] History
The town was built after Napoleon I had chosen his site to build the new préfecture of the Vendée, which replaced Fontenay-le-Comte on 25 May 1804.
The town was called successively:
- Napoléon-on-Yon (during the First French Empire)
- Bourbon-Vendée (during the French Restoration)
- Napoléon-Vendée (during the French Second Empire)
[edit] Geography
The river Yon flows southward through the commune and crosses the town.
[edit] Administration
The communauté de communes of the Pays Yonnais contains 15 communes: Aubigny, Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, La Chaize-le-Vicomte, Les Clouzeaux, Dompierre-sur-Yon, La Ferrière, Fougeré, Landeronde, Mouilleron-le-Captif, Nesmy, La Roche-sur-Yon, Saint-Florent-des-Bois, Le Tablier, Thorigny and Venansault.
La Roche-sur-Yon is the chief town of the Arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon, which covers 11 cantons, 92 communes, and has a population of 230,386 (1999 census).
La-Roche-sur-Yon is chief town of two cantons, covering 12 communes, with a total population of 70,709.
- The canton of La Roche-sur-Yon-Nord (North) is made of part of La Roche-sur-Yon and of the communes of Mouilleron-le-Captif and Venansault (29,789) (42.2%);
- The canton of the La Roche-sur-Yon-Sud (South) is made of part of Roche-sur-Yon and of the communes of Aubigny, Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, La Chaize-le-Vicomte, Les Clouzeaux, Fougeré, Nesmy, Saint-Florent-des-Bois, Le Tablier and Thorigny (40,920) (57.9%).
- Cantons: seat of 2 cantons (12 communes,70,709 inhabitants)
- Population with double accounts(1999): 52,947 inhabitants
- Population without double accounts (1999): 49,262 inhabitants
- Intercommunality (2004): Communauté de Communes du Pays Yonnais 79,665 inhabitants
[edit] Personalities
- Rudy Jomby,basketball player
[edit] Twin towns
La Roche-sur-Yon is twinned with:
Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
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